Where has the BA book been, Part IV

When last we saw my book Bad Astronomy, it was in Belgrade, Serbia. It’s also been in Australia, so the international hits keep coming.

This time, it’s in Scotland! Edinburgh, to be more specific, and the Royal Observatory there to be really precise. BABloggee Iain Turnbull sent me the proof:

That is very cool. Also cool: I met John Brown, the Astronomer Royal of Scotland at Randi’s very first Amaz!ng Meeting.

Small world. And the book has seen a lot of it… and there’s still more to come.

So, do you own a copy of the book? Take a picture of yourself holding it in some fun location, send it to me, and I’ll post it here!

December 19th, 2007 3:00 PM Tags: bad astronomy, book, edinburgh, scotland
by Phil Plait in About this blog, Cool stuff | 11 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

11 Responses to “Where has the BA book been, Part IV”

hale_bopp Says:
December 19th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
Is your book turning into Flat Stanley?

http://www.flatstanley.com/

Rob
Joshua Says:
December 19th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
I wonder if, once NASA gets the Orion program off the ground, we might see a copy of the BA book on the Moon or even Mars.
Matt Says:
December 19th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
Phil,

I just congratulated Steven Novella on his blog’s first anniversary. I realized that 19 December is a fine day to declare “blog appreciation day”, so here it is: I read Bad Astronomy every day, and I’ve read it for years — since before it was a blog, actually. You do a great job, so thanks for the efforts.

Regards,
Matt Dick
The Bad Astronomer Says:
December 19th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
Thanks Matt! That’s nice of you to say.
Michael Lonergan Says:
December 19th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
I had it in Canada. But i lost it in a move.
Richard C. Hoagland Says:
December 19th, 2007 at 8:10 pm
My book was written on Mars. Simply ASTOUNDING
Swordfish Says:
December 19th, 2007 at 11:10 pm
New Jersey Devils? Ewww…

(Go Flyers!)
Michael Lonergan Says:
December 20th, 2007 at 12:05 am
Joshua, let’s just hope they remember to take a picture of the book on the moon so it will put to rest any conspiracies
Iain Turnbull Says:
December 20th, 2007 at 2:02 am
@Swordfish - hey, we all have our crosses to bear! (Ooh, that’s maybe not a great simile for this website
Frank D. Says:
December 20th, 2007 at 5:21 am
Oooh, I’ve been there. Well, close by anyway.

I really should buy the book and take a picture with it somewhere…
Greg Says:
December 20th, 2007 at 9:12 am
If you’ve never been to Edinburgh - GO! Great city, tons of history. If you include the International Festival, tons of entertainment as well.

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